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1952 Washington Redskins

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Record: 4-8-0, Finished 5th in NFL American Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 240 points (20.0/g), 9th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 287 points (23.9/g), 9th.
 Differential of -47 points (-3.9/g), 9th.
 Expected W-L: 4.7-7.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -4 (-0.3/g), 9th.

Coached by Curly Lambeau (4-8-0)

1952 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Mon September 29 box W 1-0 @ Chicago Cardinals 23 7 21 283 87 196 3 7 104 18 86 2
2 Sun October 5 box L 1-1 @ Green Bay Packers 20 35 15 278 125 153 4 16 420 242 178 3
3 Sun October 12 box L 1-2 Chicago Cardinals 6 17 13 187 77 110 1 18 306 95 211 3
4 Sun October 19 box W 2-2 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 28 24 14 270 133 137 3 19 311 123 188 2
5 Sun October 26 box L 2-3 @ Cleveland Browns 15 19 23 326 106 220 3 16 236 152 84 2
6 Sun November 2 box L 2-4 Pittsburgh Steelers 23 24 22 389 230 159 3 12 175 41 134 2
7 Sun November 9 box L 2-5 @ Philadelphia Eagles 20 38 15 246 126 120 5 23 369 156 213 1
8 Sun November 16 box L 2-6 San Francisco 49ers 17 23 17 290 127 163 2 18 317 172 145 2
9 Sun November 23 box L 2-7 New York Giants 10 14 18 297 189 108 4 15 291 132 159 2
10 Sun November 30 box L 2-8 Cleveland Browns 24 48 17 197 122 75 3 22 448 193 255 6
11 Sun December 7 box W 3-8 @ New York Giants 27 17 16 365 238 127 3 9 202 102 100 6
12 Sun December 14 box W 4-8 Philadelphia Eagles 27 21 15 267 180 87 3 14 227 154 73 3

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 240 3395 801 4.2 206 147 286 1740 20 21 5.2 90 467 1655 10 3.5 95 38 17 21
Team Defense 287 3397 731 4.6 282 121 275 1580 12 18 5.2 80 426 1817 19 4.3 189 34 16 13
Lg Rank Offense 9 6 4 11 8 5 2 7 2 6 10 10 5 6
Lg Rank Defense 9 7 3 1 1 1 11 7 8 10 11 11 12 10

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Eddie LeBaron 22 QB 12 7 96 194 49.5 1420 14 7.2 15 7.7 70 7.3 4.6 14.8 118.3 65.7
Harry Gilmer* 26 LH 12 0 31 58 53.4 555 4 6.9 4 6.9 61 9.6 7.2 17.9 46.3 80.7
Sammy Baugh 38 7 5 20 33 60.6 152 2 6.1 1 3.0 20 4.6 3.8 7.6 21.7 79.4
Charlie Justice 28 11 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 26.5 12 147 286 51.4 2127 20 7.0 21 7.3 70 7.4 4.8 14.5 177.3 68.6
Opp Total 12 121 275 44.0 1580 12 4.4 18 6.5 5.7 3.2 13.1 131.7 50.0 30 237 5.2 2.1

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Harry Gilmer* 26 LH 12 0 100 365 0 30 3.7 30.4 8.3 15 143 9.5 1 37 1.3 11.9 508 1 4
Julie Rykovich 29 RH 11 0 94 361 1 21 3.8 32.8 8.5 16 283 17.7 1 42 1.5 25.7 644 2 2
Leon Heath 24 FB 11 0 90 388 2 74 4.3 35.3 8.2 23 146 6.3 1 27 2.1 13.3 534 3 5
Eddie LeBaron 22 QB 12 7 43 164 2 32 3.8 13.7 3.6 164 2 7
Charlie Justice 28 11 0 36 129 0 26 3.6 11.7 3.3 11 106 9.6 1 15 1.0 9.6 235 1 3
Johnny Papit 24 11 0 34 102 0 13 3.0 9.3 3.1 3 71 23.7 1 39 0.3 6.5 173 1 1
Chuck Drazenovich 25 RLB 12 0 29 66 3 15 2.3 5.5 2.4 4 62 15.5 0 20 0.3 5.2 128 3 1
Neil Ferris 25 4 0 11 22 1 11 2.0 5.5 2.8 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.3 2.0 30 1 0
Jack Cloud 27 8 0 7 21 0 5 3.0 2.6 0.9 21 0 0
Harry Dowda 30 LS 12 0 6 5 0 5 0.8 0.4 0.5 3 20 6.7 1 12 0.3 1.7 25 1 1
Bob Sykes 25 4 0 4 10 0 4 2.5 2.5 1.0 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.3 1.3 15 0 0
Sam Venuto 25 3 0 4 16 1 6 4.0 5.3 1.3 16 1 0
George Buksar 26 LLB 10 0 3 3 0 3 1.0 0.3 0.3 2 3 1.5 0 3 0.2 0.3 6 0 0
Billy Cox 23 12 0 3 -1 0 14 -0.3 -0.1 0.3 2 19 9.5 0 13 0.2 1.6 18 0 1
Johnny Williams* 25 RDH 12 0 2 3 0 2 1.5 0.3 0.2 1 13 13.0 0 13 0.1 1.1 16 0 5
Sammy Baugh 38 7 5 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 1 0 1
Hugh Taylor* 29 LE/re 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 41 961 23.4 12 70 3.4 80.1 961 12 0
Gene Brito 27 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 21 270 12.9 2 28 1.8 22.5 270 2 0
Joe Tereshinski 29 RDE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 19 9.5 0 11 0.2 1.6 19 0 0
Lou Karras 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2 0.5 -1.0 -2 0 0
Team Total 26.5 12 467 1655 10 74 3.5 137.9 38.9 147 2127 14.5 20 70 12.3 177.3 3782 30 32
Opp Total 12 426 1817 19 4.3 151.4 35.5 121 1580 13.1 12 10.1 131.7 3397 31 32

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Johnny Williams* 25 RDH 12 0 24 366 2 74 15.3 20 486 0 48 24.3 868
Charlie Justice 28 11 0 12 47 0 12 3.9 10 209 0 35 20.9 491
Harry Gilmer* 26 LH 12 0 3 28 0 13 9.3 7 157 0 31 22.4 693
Neil Ferris 25 4 0 2 11 0 11 5.5 3 76 0 30 25.3 117
George Buksar 26 LLB 10 0 4 43 0 12 10.8 49
Gene Brito 27 RE 12 0 2 5 0 5 2.5 275
Sam Venuto 25 3 0 2 28 0 14 14.0 44
Jack Cloud 27 8 0 1 18 0 18 18.0 39
Paul Lipscomb* 29 RDT 12 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
Johnny Papit 24 11 0 1 25 0 25 25.0 198
Team Total 26.5 12 41 452 2 74 11.0 51 1052 0 48 20.6 5286
Opp Total 12 47 3 42 1017 0 24.2

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Eddie LeBaron 22 QB 12 7 7 6 85.7% 51 2150 63 0 42.2
George Buksar 26 LLB 10 0 7 3 42.9% 18 15 83.3%
Charlie Justice 28 11 0 11 431 68 0 39.2
Ed Bagdon 26 3 0 3 1 33.3% 6 4 66.7%
Billy Cox 23 12 0 5 177 51 0 35.4
Sammy Baugh 38 7 5 1 48 48 0 48.0
Julie Rykovich 29 RH 11 0 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 26.5 12 10 4 40.0% 32 26 81.3% 68 2806 68 0 41.3
Opp Total 12 23 10 43.5% 37 35 94.6% 55 2266 41.2

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Dick Alban 23 LDH 12 0 1 27 0 27
Sammy Baugh 38 7 5 1 0 0 0
Ed Berrang 30 7 0 2 4 0 4 0 1 1 0
Buddy Brown 26 RG 12 0 0 1 2 0
Billy Cox 23 12 0 3 43 0 36 1 0 0 0
Harry Dowda 30 LS 12 0 2 34 0 29 1 1 0 0
Chuck Drazenovich 25 RLB 12 0 3 58 0 38 1 1 0 0
Ed Ecker 29 LDT 9 0 0 1 0 0
Harry Gilmer* 26 LH 12 0 4 0 0 0
Leon Heath 24 FB 11 0 5 3 0 0
Jerry Hennessy 26 LDE 12 0 0 2 10 0 1
Charlie Justice 28 11 0 3 2 0 0
Eddie LeBaron 22 QB 12 7 7 1 0 0
Paul Lipscomb* 29 RDT 12 0 1 7 0 7 1 2 0 0
Tony Momsen 24 2 0 0 1 0 0
Joe Moss 22 RT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Laurie Niemi* 27 LT 12 0 0 2 5 0
Johnny Papit 24 11 0 1 0 0 0
Knox Ramsey 26 8 0 0 1 0 0
Jim Ricca 25 MG 12 0 0 1 0 0
Julie Rykovich 29 RH 11 0 2 0 0 0
Joe Tereshinski 29 RDE 12 0 1 31 0 31 0 2 0 0
Sam Venuto 25 3 0 0 1 0 0
Johnny Williams* 25 RDH 12 0 5 97 1 38 5 4 24 0
Dick Woodard 26 12 0 0 1 6 0
John Yonakor 31 12 0 0 2 0 0
Team Total 26.5 12 18 301 1 38 32 31 48 0 1
Opp Total 12 48 32 16

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Hugh Taylor* 29 LE/re 12 0 12 72
George Buksar 26 LLB 10 0 15 3 24
Chuck Drazenovich 25 RLB 12 0 3 18
Leon Heath 24 FB 11 0 2 1 18
Eddie LeBaron 22 QB 12 7 2 6 18
Johnny Williams* 25 RDH 12 0 2 1 18
Julie Rykovich 29 RH 11 0 1 1 1 13
Gene Brito 27 RE 12 0 2 12
Ed Bagdon 26 3 0 4 1 7
Harry Dowda 30 LS 12 0 1 6
Neil Ferris 25 4 0 1 6
Harry Gilmer* 26 LH 12 0 1 6
Charlie Justice 28 11 0 1 6
Johnny Papit 24 11 0 1 6
Sam Venuto 25 3 0 1 6
Jerry Hennessy 26 LDE 12 0 1 2
Team Total 26.5 12 10 20 2 1 26 4 1 238
Opp Total 12 19 12 3 35 10 287